Friday, June 21, 2013

Palace on Wheels


Palace on wheels is a luxury train of India. Luxury Rails have come a long way in India , since 1982. It was launched to promote tourism in Rajasthan.

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The train had to be made more beautiful and upgraded to present standards . Hence in 2009 we heard it all over the news about Palace on Wheels.
Soon it took it's place as the 4th most luxurious trains in the world.
   
                 India was a land of Kings and Queens. This concept of Luxury Train or Palace on Wheels was derived from back in the days when the rulers from Rajputhana, Gujarat, Nizams etc toured in such coaches.
The interiors of the train which are splendid and does true justice to the royal history of India are done by Delhi based designer , Monica Khanna.
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              The train boasts of  luxurious cabins with splendid carpets, a well stocked bar,  door to door service. The train has 14 coaches each named after the former Rajput States, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Dholpur, Dungargarh, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Sirohi and Udaipur.



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The train starts from New Delhi and during its eight day journey, travels around Rajasthan . The punch line of the Palace on Wheels goes as "A week in wonderland".
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                 Though the train boasts of Luxury it's website is so plain and regular.
A country like India which has umpteen number of software engineers developing the best of the best websites hosts a website that looks straight out of 7th standard website project.

I found a better website and here you go :
http://www.palaceonwheelsindiatrain.com/

Monday, June 17, 2013

India's Largest Mall - LuLu Mall

LuLu International Shopping mall is the largest mall located in Kochi, Kerala in India.  It's built on 17 acres and at a cost of Rs 1,600 Crores . LuLu Mall is constructed and maintained by EMKE Group with interest in UAE, Africa , Asia. This mall was opened on March 10, 2013 .  It has 300 outlets for food, clothing , entertainment with the largest ice skating rink and 12 lane bowling alley.
               It has premium international brands of luxury, food courts, coffee shops. The ice rink is supposed to be one of it's kind in South India.
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LuLu Mall - Image source economictimes.in
                    In it's premises is a 20 storey, premium 5 star, 300 room hotel managed by JW Marriot Group which will offer royal suites and executive rooms competing and meeting international standards. It provides privileged club facility,  swimming pool,  multi cuisine restaurants which will be irresistible for the luxury bugs.

LuLu Fashion Store:




Gaming Arena: